Go Green (or Go Home)!
Employees at Drummond Printing, Stuttgart, Ark., know a thing or two about paper recycling. At the large-scale printing company, the understanding is vital. So, it is no surprise Andrea Barnes, vice president of national sales and marketing, said choosing recycled paper may not be enough. “People really need to question what type of recycled paper it is,” she said. “What you want to look for is paper that is all or a percentage of post-consumer pulp.” If it does not specify post-consumer, then it simply may be paper a mill or printer had left over and re-tasked to a different job. To this end, Drummond Printing teamed up with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a mill watchdog agency, to certify the amount of post-consumer pulp in the recycled paper they use. As long as there remain large-scale printers not using recycled paper, Barnes sees the program as essential, and noted, “I just think if everybody does something small, it can make a real difference.”